The Scissorbill

By W.D. Nottingham Early settlers in Montana were ranchers attracted by free grazing on the “open range.” Their cattle were able to roam over large distances only to be brought together during [...]

Rifles, in the New Old-fashioned Way

Ron Otto and Aaron “Duke” Pursley don’t make rifles quickly; they make them right. “We build a very specialized product,” says Otto of Little Sharps Rifles. “It takes eight hours just to polish [...]

Sowing Seeds in Hill County

Resting on the edge of cattle country and the Golden Triangle, Havre is where many ag producers come to do business. The Havre Chamber’s Ag Committee was formed more than thirty years ago to [...]

A City Slicker’s Field Day

By Brad Reynolds I was 18 when I first drove a tractor. I was 24 when I sat in a combine. I was 27 when taught to ride a horse. Agriculture, like any subject, requires education—and it’s never [...]

Montana Vigilantes: Then and Now

Article and Photos by Tiffany Sweeney The year was 1862. A handsome young man appeared in Montana in the booming city of Bannack. His background was questionable, with a potential criminal record [...]

Gibson Dam

Article and Photos By J.B. Chandler The headwaters of the Sun River hold more than Gibson Dam can carry. Watching an entire river’s worth of water exploding from two giant tubes is refreshing, [...]

The Crow Indians in the Wild West

By Kent Hanawalt The Crow Reservation south and east of Billings is considered to be the largest of seven reservations in Montana; however, the Crow once roamed a much larger area. At the time of [...]

Family Photos

When Doug Worrell worked in the medical field, continued education courses were a recurrent obligation. “There was this cultural sensitivity class employees were asked to attend,” he recalls. [...]

Artists Vie for Cash at “Art Rodeo”

By Richard Ecke Competition takes place in the art world, but it’s often indirect. An artist can win a people’s choice award, be selected for a juried show, or sell for the highest amount at a [...]